A friend just got some of the Cruel Seas Soviets and it got me thinking about potential enemies. And of course rather than doing Germans I was immediately drawn to looking around for something more obscure.

At one point the Germans had four reserve s-boats in the Black Sea, but no crews for them. The idea was put forth that perhaps the Romanian Navy could crew them. However the Germans decided against that plan, as they felt the Romanian Navy did not have the training nor experience to be effective. Croats were also considered, but also ultimately not used for the same reasons.

The book Allied Coastal Forces of World War II, Vol 2 has a little on the Vosper boats. They were some early Vosper designs that were slightly different than the later ones used by the Royal Navy. The carried two torpedo tubes and two turret mounts for quad-7.7 machine guns.

Neither class was a wild success. The Dutch built boats never received proper V-drives for their engines so they could not make more than 24kts operationally. For the most part they were used as escorts.

All of these boats sported the "barber pole" red and white deck markings like the Italian MAS boats.